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Experts: Bailout Not Complete Solution (San Francisco Chronicle)
If lenders temporarily freeze low introductory interest rates on home loans made to risky borrowers before they soar, it would be a modest fix for the country's fractured housing market. The problems are so far-reaching, analysts say, that an emerging...
2007-12-02 01:17:57 -
Payrolls data could be deciding factor for Fed (Market Watch)
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The economic data to be released in the next week will be crucial in the Federal Reserve's decision in two weeks to cut interest rates again, and if so, by how much.
2007-12-02 02:18:36 -
Wall Street eyes jobs, retail sales data (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wall Street's newfound confidence that interest rates are headed lower may not be enough to fuel a December rally if the economy looks like it's weakening.
2007-12-02 11:30:11 -
NEWS QUIZ (Detroit Free Press)
Test your knowledge of current sports events for the past week: (For the most part, there are no right or wrong answers, so everybody scores a 5.) 1What is dropping dramatically? A) Gas prices. B) Home prices. C) Interest rates. D) Calvin Johnson.
2007-12-02 12:18:43 -
Dealing with bankruptcy
This is Money - A mortgage lender may sell your home if payments are not made. However, you are responsible and liable for any debts you incur after the bankruptcy order date. Day-to-day debts Domestic utility suppliers, such as gas, electricity, water and phone may ...
2007-12-02 10:48:00 -
Last week's headlines
Baltimore Sun - Fieldstone Mortgage Co., the Columbia subprime lender that largely shut down in the midst of the nationwide credit crunch, has filed for ... Home values in the Baltimore metropolitan area dropped this summer for the first time in nine years ...
2007-12-02 05:48:00 -
Fannie and Freddie – here to stay
Financial Times - Just as it was intended to, it has supported very high levels of home ownership ... Their role is to provide “liquidity and stability in the secondary mortgage market ... by appraisals of the property’s value would have been less popular if the lender ...
2007-12-02 02:45:00 -
Handyman's special: Foreclosed-home flip
CNBC - MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - After the unpaid mortgage bills, the creditor warnings and ... to a handy man like Adrian Brad to clean up the mess left by the nation's home ... bid, some were withdrawn, and most got a single bid, typically by the lender, for ...
2007-12-02 11:46:00 -
Examining the subprime-lending crisis (Denver Post)
The casualties of the swelling subprime-lending crisis extend from the more than 1 million foreclosed-upon home owners to mortgage brokers, lenders, Wall Street bankers and investors worldwide.
2007-12-02 01:43:27 -
Rehabbers Cash in on Foreclosed Houses (San Francisco Chronicle)
After the unpaid mortgage bills, the creditor warnings and finally the sheriff's sale, it's sometimes left to a handy man like Adrian Brad to clean up the mess left by the nation's home foreclosure crisis. "I'm not trying to become a millionaire," said...
2007-12-02 01:03:30 -
New credit system dings adjustable-rate mortgage borrowers (The Record Searchlight)
Adjustable-rate mortgages might have seemed like a great idea at one time for people buying or refinancing homes, but those loans very likely will end up costing consumers far more than higher home payments.
2007-12-02 09:55:15 -
Handyman's Special: Foreclosed-Home Flip (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
After the unpaid mortgage bills, the creditor warnings and finally the sheriff's sale, it's sometimes left to a handy man like Adrian Brad to clean up the mess left by the nation's home foreclosure crisis.
2007-12-02 11:38:30 -
Infinite Loop
Ars Technica - Hopefully the devs over there figured out how to make the CD tray on Mac Pros ... wrote in his report that the nano didn't necessarily get the highest level of interest ... doesn't take per-purchase royalties from the artist, but instead charges flat rates ...
2007-11-29 03:53:00 -
Broker pushes muni bonds: Should I bite?
Raleigh News & Observer - ... live, the interest is also free of state taxes. This is why state and local governments are able to issue bonds with interest rates ... the stated tax-free rate of return is really higher than a comparable taxable return you could receive with a CD or ...
2007-12-02 02:42:00 -
Transcript: Fred Smith, chief executive of FedEx
Financial Times - ... move it, there is a very big third party at the table, and that is the public interest ... MR SMITH: We always liked Kinko’s, but CD&R, when they bought it, it was a roll ... We have been adjusting the base price in our rates over the last four or five years ...
2007-12-02 01:55:00